Fast Food Destroying the Rainforest

Hi all,

A little food for thought here,

"Area of tropical rainforest destroyed for the production of each fast-food hamburger made from rainforest beef: 55 square feet." (Denslow, Julie, and Padoch, Christine, People of the Tropical Rainforest, University of California Press, 1988, pg 169)
"Life forms destroyed in the production of each fast-food hamburger made from rainforest beef: Members of 20 to 30 different plant species,100 different insect spcies, and dozens of bird, mammal and reptile species." (Denslow, Julie, and Padoch, Christine, People of the Tropical Rainforest, University of California Press, 1988, pg 169)
info found at vegetarian living http://www.squidoo.com/vegelife

This is pretty mind boggling if you ask me. Not only are the methods used to keep, and butcher animals for food production inhumane, but it is also highly damaging to the environment. The preservation of the rainforest is vital both for the production of oxygen, and because of the wealth of species diversity that it contains. Yeah for vegetarians, helping animals and saving the planet!